is no different from what she expected, before the end of January, the whole of the Huanyi Bureau has already treated her and the two of them differently, and they will no longer be bullied.

It turned out that Wu Jianzuo found out the truth, and the culprit who caused her to suffer from waterboarding was Luo Xue. A palace maid testified that she appeared in the storage place late at night, and a tightly wrapped brown sugar powder was also found under the pillow in her room, the evidence was conclusive, and it was reported to the court order, and the Shen Criminal Division broke two legs and threw them out of the palace.

Although Cai Ling thinks that a fool will put the brown sugar powder under the pillow, one to provoke snakes and insects, and the other to keep the evidence of the crime and kill herself. But since the palace maids are convincing, it can be seen that Luoxue has done a lot of bad things on weekdays, which has caused public anger, and she doesn't want to help her do half of her efforts, so she just coldly watched her crying and begging for innocence being dragged away.

The summer is warm, and the breeze blows the silk fabric on the bamboo poles, as if a huge peony blooms in full bloom against the sun. Cai Ling squatted on the edge of the pool and wore clothes, and since January, she has been proficient in this work.

"You are here every day, and you really refuse to listen to the little master's advice?" Aunt Wu sat on the stone slab by the pool, and the "little master" in her mouth referred to the apprentice of the Taiyi Bureau.

"A woman's illness needs to be recuperated for many years, and it can be cured." Thinking that the blood in his lower abdomen had lasted for more than half a month, although he was worried, he didn't dare to treat it as a disease. The work of Huanyi Courtyard is heavy, if she rests, Manyun and the other palace maids will have to do more, and she can't bear it.

"I used to misjudge you." Aunt Wu squatted down, picked up a pleated skirt, crossed the water in the big pool, and rubbed it.

"What does my aunt say about this?" Cai Ling raised her wet hand and brushed the hair on her forehead.

"I think you're pampered."

"Pampered and proud. Whose favor is it? Cai Ling asked with a smile.

Aunt Wu glanced at her, "Do you still need to ask?" How is Your Majesty treating you? The entire Weiyang Palace knows that you are the one who wants to be the princess of Yunnan. Speaking of the word "King of Dian", Aunt Wu, who has always been old, couldn't help but blush her cheeks slightly.

Cai Ling smiled slyly, "Dare to ask which palace and courtyard my aunt used to be?" ”

Aunt Wu didn't know what the hell she was thinking, so she just said, "Concubine Hui of Jingyang Palace is waiting for you." ”

Jingyang Palace? Isn't it Shen Youjian's foster care. Cai Ling said with a smile: "Whether Your Majesty is sincere to me or not, everyone can see it clearly this time. His Royal Highness the King of Dian wants to marry, but it is only an expedient measure. ”

Aunt Wu seemed to have been punctured by someone, and her little face was red and white, "What are you doing with me?" ”

"Nothing, just casually." Cai Ling smiled and lowered her head and continued to wear her clothes.

Suddenly, a eunuch hurriedly ran over and grabbed Aunt Wu's sleeve to lead her aside. My aunt didn't shy away from it, "Is it because Dongmei has an accident?" ”

The father-in-law, who had just come back from outside the palace, was sweating profusely and panting: "Dongmei is fine." The lover she married the year before last suddenly contracted a serious illness and was afraid that she would soon die. You know Dongmei, twenty-five years old before she was released from the palace, and now it is difficult to find someone who is willing to ask for it, although it is a family with four walls, there is an old mother and a nurse, but it can be regarded as a home, isn't it? I didn't expect to suffer this again! The father-in-law sighed a few times.

"When will my father-in-law leave the palace again?" Aunt Wu's eyes were full of tears, and she hurriedly plucked the beaded hairpin with her wet hand and stuffed it into her father-in-law's hand, "When I go back to the house, I will get a few more valuable things." ”

Cai Ling looked her father-in-law up and down, saw that he was a decent person who didn't want to covet small profits, and listened to him: "Far water can't solve the near fire!" Not to mention that the Sprinkle family can only leave the palace once a month, and your money still needs to be saved for future use in the palace, how can you save her family? Cai Ling breathed a sigh of relief and got up to go back to the house.

Not long after, Cai Ling had come to Aunt Wu's house, and saw that she was taking out a black jade wrapped in a brocade from the cabinet, the jade color was warm and crystal clear, and it was a treasure at a glance. It should be a very favorite thing, Aunt Wu's eyes showed reluctance, and she stroked it left and right before handing it over to her father-in-law.

"Wait." When Cai Ling stepped into the house, the two of them looked sideways, and Cai Ling said, "Are you willing to sell such a good thing?" ”

"Dongmei entered the palace in the same year as me, and I have help from time to time, and I can't abandon it." Aunt Wu lowered her eyes.

"Put it away." Cai Ling stared at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the case, "I went back to the house just now, and I realized that I couldn't even find a piece of paper or a pen in the room you arranged. With that, he sat down in front of the desk and got up quickly.

"What is this?" My father-in-law was puzzled. Aunt Wu said, "If you are willing to save Dongmei, I will give you all my monthly gifts in the future." ”

After a while, Cai Ling put away the pen, handed the letter to Aunt Wu, patted her hand and said, "The treasures and forests in Chang'an City, Lang Zhong are all medically skilled. I used to study medicine by Jiang Taichang's side, although I am not good at learning, but I have made a few friends, you only need to ask someone to send this letter, and the steward will naturally know my handwriting. Don't worry about the cost, just say that it's the guy from Dongxi Building. ”

"I'll pay you back in the future." Aunt Wu was grateful and hurriedly held the letter.

"I saved Dongmei, what are you doing?" Cai Ling said worriedly, the most miserable people in this world usually have a problem, that is, they can't help but take the suffering of others on themselves, "If it is saved, he and his wife will go to Dongxi Building or the ink cake shop to work." If you can't save it, give up. ”

With tears in her eyes, Aunt Wu held the letter and headed towards the Inner Bureau. Cai Ling took the jade pendant in her father-in-law's hand, and when she looked closely, she found that it was similar, and she always felt that she had seen it somewhere, but she didn't have half a thought. She wrapped the jade and put it next to Aunt Wu's pillow, and then walked out of the room with her father-in-law.

Cai Ling's rescue of Dongmei is nothing more than to thank Aunt Wu for finding out the truth and taking care of her in recent days, but I never thought of getting her in return, but there is a saying in the world that you will give Li and repay you with peaches, but everyone who knows the etiquette will remember it.

In the past few days, Heng'er has been in high spirits, walking and laughing, as if she is about to fall from the sky. Cai Ling tried her best to avoid conflict with her, so when she talked to the other palace maids, Cai Ling only walked to the other side to put on her clothes.

What Yu picked up in a pile of clothes was a red skirt with a well-textured skirt embroidered with daffodils with gold thread, although the clothes had been worn for some time, but it was rare to encounter such graceful and luxurious clothes, the little palace maid said in a low voice: "This is the skirt of Wei Cairen of Bixiao Palace, don't break it." ”

Cai Ling put it aside, and saw that Manyun hurriedly wanted to come up to pick it up, so he pretended to have nothing to do and carefully rubbed it in his hand, and said to the palace maid: "Thank you for reminding me." ”

"Now there are no other ladies around Your Majesty, and Wei Cairen is a well-deserved master in this palace." The little palace maid continued, "On his birthday the day before yesterday, His Majesty gave him a red robe. You say that you are favored or not favored, which is really enviable. ”

"Be careful." Manyun reminded that how could the sinner woman of the court have any thoughts about the emperor, and the little palace maid hurriedly covered her mouth. Cai Ling saw that she was cramped, so she only buried her head and smiled.

A moment later, Aunt Wu sent someone to send a message to her to go to the East House. She dried her hands, helped her dark blue turban, and hurried off.

In the east room, Aunt Wu asked her to change into a scarlet palace dress, "Holy Amnesty, you change your clothes and follow your father-in-law out of the court." ”

"Holy amnesty? What's my business? Cai Ling refused, but after a month, has he really been discouraged?

"I heard that someone begged Your Majesty. Ask so much, what? Go out and do it yourself. Aunt Wu perfunctorily urged.

Someone begged Your Majesty? Thinking about it, who else in this palace still has affection for her, but who else can there be besides the Queen Mother? But the Empress Dowager is really no longer angry? Maybe it's Meng Meng, she will be the queen in the near future, and it is not difficult to pardon a slave and maid, and the emperor will give her face.

"I'm having a good time in the court. Don't want to go. "Cai Ling's faction doesn't matter, I have inherited Meng Ming's kindness, and I don't know how to report it in the future.

"You want to die of old age, but you can think about the people around you. Manyun re-entered the Huanyi Bureau because of you, doing that heavy work every day, can you bear it? Aunt Wu spoke earnestly and persuaded, "Such an opportunity is hard to come by." After you go out, you have a way to save Manyun, isn't it? ”

She sighed silently, lowered her eyes, and couldn't say a word.

The eunuch Yude was also the old attendant of Cuiwei Palace in the past, the elder Yu'an was three years old, and he also studied under the Yue Gonggong who had been in Weiyang for more than 60 years - the old eunuch of the former dynasty. In the years when Gonggong Yue raised them, he often warned not to speculate on the king's heart, and only to be a minister in his duty.

Recently, there is one thing that always annoys him, which comes from the admonition of the Empress Dowager: Your Majesty is young after all, and it is okay to recommend a few palace maids with good looks and innocent family backgrounds.

Yude said again and again, but the drum was beating in his heart, His Majesty's rebellion in Yongzhou and the disaster in Xuzhou were all bowed to him, and now there is only Sheji in his heart, how can he be greedy for women? But the Empress Dowager's worries are not unreasonable, the so-called country cannot be without a king, a king cannot be without an heir, and what he wants to do is also related to the health of the society.

After his layers of screening, two palace maids of the appropriate age with good posture were arranged to stand in the alley leading to Ziwei Palace, which was relatively cramped, and each used its own method to attract His Majesty's attention, and it all depended on their creation.

After the early dynasty, His Majesty went to Ziwei Palace to visit the Empress Dowager. Yude followed closely behind him, His Majesty's steps have always been fast, he is small and needs to trot to follow, and when he looks at it, the two palace maids have been dressed in peach and light blue from the corner of the alley, worthy of being the person he personally selected, glamorous but not demonic, his heart is very smooth.

"Slaves and maids greet Your Majesty." Jiaosheng swallow language, worship every way.

The Emperor walked by with his hands in his hands, without the slightest side glance, still striding a meteor. In fact, it was also expected, even Wei Cai's birthday could not leave His Majesty, let alone a palace maid.

"Bang dang ......" A ring pendant fell and rolled at His Majesty's feet, he paused slightly, and the palace maid begged coquettishly: "The slave should die." "Bold as her, relying on her own good posture, she dared to raise her eyes to look at the holy face, and His Majesty was also looking at him in a hurry, looking at each other, one thought it was lightning, and the other had murderous intent.

"The wind rises in Chang'an, the moon is hazy, and Revlon ...... several times" The out-of-tune singing at the end of the alley was quickly stopped. The emperor turned his eyes and saw that a woman in a crimson palace dress was standing cramped not far away, it was Jiang Cailing who was going to report to Bixiao Palace.

Yude was shocked, how could this aunt and grandmother get out of the court? And how did it happen to be here? It's clear that they want to stir up the situation!

The emperor was only stunned for a moment, and he already bowed down and squatted down to pick up the Yingluo ring and put it in the hands of the palace maid. The palace maid was overjoyed, her delicate face bloomed like a flower, and the other more honest one wrung her sleeves, only hating herself for not taking the initiative enough.

His Majesty did not squint, and when he passed by Cai Ling's side, his steps did not stop, and his speed was three points faster than usual. Cai Ling bowed her head and saluted, only avoiding the side, and did not say a word of greeting. After His Majesty walked away, Cai Ling took a small burden and continued to walk in the direction of Bixiao Palace.

After turning the corner and walking a few more steps, the emperor suddenly stopped his steps, Yude was completely unprepared, and hurriedly stabilized his figure.

"That palace maid's name is Peach." Yude smiled stupidly.

The emperor glanced at him, and had already turned around and chased after him, his pace was as vigorous as the wind, and he hurriedly ran after him: "Your Majesty, wait for the slave to find people?" ”

Ran to the alley just now, fortunately the two palace maids were still there, Yude breathed a sigh of relief, but saw the emperor standing in the alley, his eyes fell far away, not on the two palace maids at all, Fang knew that the big thing was not good, and quickly knelt down and begged: "Your Majesty forgives you." ”

"Since I went to the Inner Service Bureau to receive the punishment, I don't want to see you for three days. What should that palace maid do, I don't need to teach you. The emperor said coldly.

Yu'an was sweating profusely, and hurriedly asked Xie En to retreat, but the emperor suddenly said: "Go find out where she is going to transfer first?" ”

……

Bixiao Palace is located in a remote corner, and it has always lived in a concubine who is not very favored. Cai Ling didn't have the opportunity to hang out here in the past, and this time she was staring at the three gilded characters at the gate of the palace in a daze. I didn't expect to meet Shen Muchi just after leaving the court, but this Weiyang Palace was his court after all, and she didn't care where and how he would appear, or even with whom.

Just now, she also overheard the palace maids whispering, saying that His Majesty's hands are so tender and smooth, with a warm temperature, and when touched it, it is like being struck by lightning, which makes people's hearts beat. At that time, although she thought it was funny, and wanted to tell them that they would die if they were struck by lightning instead of their hearts racing, she pretended to pass them calmly. Now in my mind, there is a black figure of him again, as if it has been reduced compared to before, and it can't be traced.

"Is that you?" The maid who came to answer the door turned out to be Wei Wei's side. Cai Ling wanted to ask a few words, but the other party shouted at the top of her voice, "Niangniang...... Oh no....... ”

Cai Ling sneered, how could anyone spread it like this, and the people were like this, this Bixiao Palace should not have much chance to meet the holy face.

Wei Wei sat on the main seat in front of the hall, trying her best to hold back her anger, "The grace that this palace can only seek by taking advantage of the opportunity of birth, the person who wants it is Heng'er, but the person who came here is her!" "As soon as I slapped the table, my whole body trembled.

"Mother is angry. It should be the slaves of the Huanyi Bureau who make their own decisions, and the slaves and maids will go to them to reason. He argued, "This time, the slave must personally go and bring people to Bixiao Palace." ”

"Wait......" Wei Wei held back his anger, but he didn't smile, "Since the person has already come, and it is the old person from the former Qin Palace, how about letting her come in and eat tea?" ”

"No." The rime knows it in his chest, and he doesn't smile at it.

Although it is the main hall of Bixiao Palace, it is not as elegant as the small courtyard of the Qin Palace, nor is it as luxurious as any of the palaces of Ziwei Palace, but it is just a few slightly spacious rooms. When Cai Ling entered, the only thing he thought about was whether Li Daitaozhuang would implicate Aunt Wu this time.

Cai Ling stood in the hall, not intending to salute Wei Wei. In less than a year, she has learned some "skills" to meet her will, but she still can't grovel to Wei Wei.

"You didn't kneel when you saw Niangniang?" With that, he came over and kicked her in the shin, kicking her to her knees on the floor.

"How can you be rude to Miss Jiang?" Wei Wei made a gesture and scolded him angrily, "Quickly help the girl get up." ”

Lihe was about to approach, Cai Ling had already stood up, Wei Wei was embarrassed: "This time Miss Jiang can come, this palace is very happy, but it is not a secret, what this palace is looking forward to is the old friend of the East Palace named Heng'er." This time, I bothered Miss Jiang to go for nothing, and it was difficult for the palace to feel at ease! ”

"Wei Cairen only puts his heart in his stomach, and he doesn't have to be uneasy. Cai Ling, this is back to the court. "Right in the middle, where is she willing to stay in Bixiao Palace, serving Wei Wei every day, it is better to be at ease in the court.

"That's good, of course." Wei Wei said with a smile.

"The emperor drove to the ......" Outside the hall, the voice of Yu'an's father-in-law came, Wei Wei put down a bowl of tea in his hand, hurriedly got down from the main seat, and trotted to the palace gate to pick up the car.

"Your Majesty finally has time to come to the concubine today. The concubine is really overjoyed. Wei Wei followed behind Shen Muchi, and entered the house with a spring breeze on his face, only to remember that Cai Ling was still standing in place, and hurriedly signaled to Lihe to send him away.

He almost trotted around to Cai Ling, and shouted, "What are you doing here?" Don't hurry up yet. ”

Cai Ling glanced at it, His Majesty was already standing a few feet away, Cai Ling looked at Lihe coldly: "You let me go." He knew that he was not in line with the courtesy, and said impatiently: "After bowing, I will leave." Cai Ling was bored and practiced the usual etiquette, and was about to retreat with the other palace maids.

"Why is she here?" Shen Muchi asked, and without waiting for Wei Wei to answer, he sneered again, "The person who asked for Wei Cai's birthday banquet turned out to be her." You really miss the old feelings, and this is what I value about you, unlike some people who look towards Qin Duchu. ”

Wei Wei wanted to say that everything was a misunderstanding, the person she asked for had always been Heng'er, and it was the person from the court who made the claim that transferred this sinner woman here, and now she is about to send it back intact.

Cai Ling has already said: "The slave and maid are here to deliver clothes, so they will go back to the court." ”

The emperor's cold eyes were deep, his slender fingers were clenched into fists, his anger gradually rose, and before he could speak, Wei Wei had already taken her hand and persuaded her: "Since Your Majesty has seen it, Miss Jiang doesn't have to worry about it anymore, just stay here in the palace with peace of mind, how about being commensurate with the sisters of the palace?" ”

"Slaves don't dare." In desperation, he actually called himself a "slave" to Wei Wei, and after finishing speaking, he didn't feel embarrassed that he had thought before, this is just a code name, and it turns out that many things can be relieved. For example, whether you should stay in Weiyang Palace or not, you should also make some plans. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

"I'm going to Ziwei Palace, and Wei Cairen will also go to greet the Empress Dowager together." The emperor commanded. Wei Wei was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth if he got the treasure, and hurriedly said yes and followed the emperor to pay the money.